{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1673728,"song":"Uncle Frank","artist":"Drive-By Truckers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11349767-uncle-frank-chords-by-drive-by-truckers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1673728?type=chord","rating":4.76315,"votes":15,"content":"Uncle Frank\r\nBy: Drive-By Truckers\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey powered up the city with hydro-electric juice[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow we got more electricity than we can ever use[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C/B[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey flooded out the hollow and all the folks down there moved out[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut they got paid so there ain’t nothin else to think about[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome of them made their living cutting the timber down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSnaking it one log at a time up the hill and into town.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch] \r\nT.V.A. had a way to clear it off real fast.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLots of men and machinery build a dam and drown the rest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nSolo\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUncle Frank lived in a cabin down on Cedar Creek,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBought fifteen acres when he got back home from overseas.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFifteen rocky acres, figured no one else would want,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill all that backed up water had to have some place to go. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUncle Frank couldn’t read or write.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever held down a job, or needed one in his life.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey assured him there’d be work for him in town building cars, it’s already going down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe cars never came to town and the roads never got built.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the price of all that power kept on going straight uphill.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C/B[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe banks around the hollow sold for lakefront property[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere Doctors, Lawyers, and Musicians teach their kids to water-ski.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUncle Frank couldn’t read or write.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo there was no note or letter found where he died.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust a rope around his neck and the kitchen table turned on it’s side[/tab]","plain_text":"Uncle Frank\nBy: Drive-By Truckers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 2:","chords":["G","Em","C","C/B","D","A","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}